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Subject(s)

• Karaites [Browse]
• Bible Joshua—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]

Related name

• Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, active 10th century [Browse]

Series

• Karaite texts and studies ; Volume 7. [More in this series]
• É tudes sur le Judaísme médiéval, 0169-815X ; Tome LXIV
• Karaite Texts and Studies ; Volume 7

Summary note

Yefet ben ‘Eli (fl. 960-1005) was the most prolific and influential biblical exegete in the Karaite tradition. He was possibly the earliest Jew to write a commentary on the entire Hebrew Bible, and his writings were cited and borrowed from by Karaites and Rabbanites alike, from his own time to the early modern period. Despite his importance, however, only a small percentage of his works have been published. The present volume makes available for the first time his commentary on Joshua, which includes an Arabic translation of this difficult book with full Arabic commentary. The story of Rachab, the “second circumcision,” the covenant with the Gibonites, and the Sun standing still are among the things that captured Yefet’s interest, who surveyed different views on these crux passages before presenting his own, very original exposition.

Notes

Includes index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Front Matter
• Yefet ben ʿEli on the Book of Joshua: Preliminary Observations
• Introduction to the Edition
• The Eleventh-Century Arabic-Character Fragments (British Library Or. 2547)
• Yefet Ben ʿEli’s Commentary on Joshua—Edition of the Judeo-Arabic Text
• Index of Biblical Verses.

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Other title(s)

Bible. Joshua. Judeo-Arabic. Japheth ben Ali.

ISBN

90-04-28354-4

OCLC

894171668

Doi

• 10.1163/9789004283541

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